VIDEO: Irish nanny charges after baby dies

An Irish nanny living in Boston charged with violently assaulting a one-year-old baby who later died, could now be charged with her murder, according to prosecution lawyers in the US.Read the full article » | View on the map »

Economist attacks US 'inequality'

Thursday, January 24th 2013, 16:50

The richest 1% of Americans now hold 25% of the country's wealth and more needs to be done to boost equality, says Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz in Davos.Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Obama to lay hand on Lincoln Bible

Friday, January 18th 2013, 11:01

When US President Obama is sworn into office for the second time, he will lay his hand on the same Bible that President Abraham Lincoln used during his inauguration in 1861.Read the full article » | View on the map »

When the Clintons lit up Belfast

Former US President Bill Clinton considers his work in Northern Ireland to be probably his "top foreign policy achievement", according to one of his closest advisors.Read the full article » | View on the map »

Regulators ground all Boeing 787s

All of Boeing's flagship 787 Dreamliner planes are taken out of service following concerns about battery safety, the first major aircraft grounding since 1979.Read the full article » | View on the map »

Rodriguez 'to play Glastonbury'

US singer-songwriter Rodriguez, the subject of Oscar-nominated documentary Searching For Sugar Man, says he is going to play at this year's Glastonbury festival.Read the full article » | View on the map »

AUDIO: Why Syrians are turning to extremism

The BBC's correspondent Paul Wood reports that while the Free Syrian Army fighters have been accused of theft, looting and kidnapping for ransom, an increasing number of Syrians opposed to the government of President Assad are turning instead to hardRead the full article » | View on the map »

Mars rover eyes rock drill site

The US space agency says it is now ready for its Curiosity rover to start drilling on Mars, and has identified a patch of ground where this is likely to happen.Read the full article » | View on the map »